Abdulaziz Isah Bagwai
Abdulaziz Bagwai is a registered community health practitioner, a creative writer, and an early-career multimedia journalist. His writings have appeared and are forthcoming in different local and international publications.
In Kano, a Group of Friends are Responding to Community Needs
Nigeria’s poverty rate is estimated by the World Bank to have reached 38.9 percent in 2023, with an estimated 87 million Nigerians living below the poverty line. Here's how a group of friends are responding to financial difficulties in...
#HungerProtest: Soaring Food Cost Is Restricting Community-Led Meal Clubs In Kano
KANO, Nigeria: On one Wednesday in 2011, Ummai Dahiru, a 43-year-old widow, was struggling to make ends meet in Unguwar Rimi, a community in Bagwai Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano, northwest Nigeria. The five mudus of rice that...
A Community-Driven Organisation Is Helping To Re-Staff A Government Girls’ School In Kano
KANO, Nigeria: For over a decade, Government Girls’ Secondary School (GGSS), Tsakuwa, has struggled with a shortage of teachers and teaching equipment. Despite their pleas to local and state authorities, the school remained in a state of neglect. But...
